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{{Short description|British author (1939–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Georgina Hammick
| birth_name = Georgina
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Aldershot]], [[Hampshire]], England
| death_date =
| death_place = London, England
| occupation = Author
| language = English
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| alma_mater = Académie Julian,
Salisbury Art School
| period =
| genre = Fiction, poetry
| spouse = Charles Hammick (1961– 1967)
| children =
Kate Hammick
Rose Hammick
| awards = Shortlisted for Whitbread Award for first novel, 1996
Royal Society of Literature fellow, 2001
Society of Authors' Travel Scholarship
| image =
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}}
'''Georgina Hammick''' ({{née}} ''' Heyman'''; 24 May 1939 – 8 January 2023) was
== Life and career ==
=== Education ===
Daughter of a professional soldier, Hammick was born Georgina Heyman in [[Aldershot]], [[Hampshire]]. She was one of a pair of identical twins: her sister Amanda Vesey is a well-known children's writer and illustrator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Art Stable – Contemporary and Modern British Paintings, Sculpture, Prints and Ceramics – Dorset - Gallery |url=https://www.theartstable.co.uk/gallery/amanda_vesey.php |access-date=
=== Works ===
Hammick began publishing poetry in magazines and anthologies in the 1970s, and was one of five poets whose work appeared in ''A Poetry Quintet'' (1976).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p5kaAAAAMAAJ
'People for Lunch' won the Stand Magazine Short Story Competition in 1985,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TArzAAAAMAAJ
Her second volume of short stories ''Spoilt'' was published in 1992 by [[Chatto & Windus|Chatto and Windus]]. Her stories are distinguished by unobtrusive craftsmanship, and the quest for the exact word, which is a hallmark of her work, is reflected in 'The Dying Room'. This story appeared in 'That Glimpse of Truth: The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written.'<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h7CfEAAAQBAJ
Her considerable reputation rested upon these two volumes, the stories of which appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies (including ''The Penguin Book of Modern Women's Short Stories'',<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.librarything.com/work/643431 |title=The Penguin Book of Modern Women's Short Stories by Susan Hill |language=en}}</ref>
Widely anthologized herself, Hammick also edited an anthology, ''The Virago Book of Love and Loss'' (1992), which includes a number of influences and affinities—[[Elizabeth Bowen]], [[Sylvia Townsend Warner]], [[Elizabeth Taylor (novelist)|Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Alice Munro]].
In her novels ''The Arizona Game''<ref name=":0" /> (1996) and ''Green Man Running''<ref name=":1" /> (2002), she explored emotional terrain with acuity and an ironic wit which illuminates the dark corners of relationships. Her faithfulness to language and shades of meaning is always evident.<ref
For several years Hammick served as one of the judges of the [[PEN/Ackerley Prize|Ackerley Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Claire Wilcox wins PEN Ackerley Prize 2021 for Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes |url=https://www.englishpen.org/posts/news/claire-wilcox-wins-pen-ackerley-prize-2021-for-patch-work-a-life-amongst-clothes/ |access-date=
Hammick died on 8 January 2023 at her home in Dulwich, London. Her obituary, written by [[Tessa Hadley]], described Hammick as a writer who "gave fine-tuned expression to her moment in English culture, writing with wit and insight about class and sexual politics and change."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hadley |first=Tessa |date=13 February 2023 |title=Georgina Hammick obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/13/georgina-hammick-obituary |access-date=14 February 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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